Slow-braised pork shoulder with cider, crème fraîche & mustard

Slow-braised pork shoulder with cider, crème fraîche & mustard

This slow-cooked dish is great with mash, or green veg if you fancy keeping it a bit lighter

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 45 mins

Freezable

Method

  1. Heat a little oil in an ovenproof pan with a lid. Fry the shoulder steaks on each side until golden brown. Lift out then fry the onions until softened and golden. Add back the pork with the cider and bay. Bring to a simmer then put on a lid and cook in a 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 oven for 1½ hours.
  2. Lift out the oven and break up the steaks into chunks. Stir in the crème fraîche, mustard and parsley then cook for another 5 minutes. Serve with mash or green veg.

PER SERVING (without mash)

523 kcalories, protein 9.1g, carbohydrate 67.4g, fat 16.5 g, saturated fat 8.5g, fibre 0.4g, salt 0.46 g

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2011.

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  • 28 March 2011

    bengal-mad rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was really nice, the meat just melted in your mouth! Served with green beans and peas, will be making it again soon!

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  • 20 April 2011

    Surfchick rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely loved it! Made extra for the following day but my boyfriend ate the lot in one go!!!

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  • 08 May 2011

    aliceevans rated this recipe

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  • 12 May 2011

    clara jane rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    So easy and delicious. Used slightly more cider and only 3 tablespoons of creme fraiche and found it creamy enough. Served with mash and green veg, as suggested. Will be cooking this again. A winner.

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  • 29 May 2011

    Spot the dog rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Kept strictly to the recipe as first time of trying. It was delicious and remarkably easy. Served with veg and mashed potatoes. Nothing left to freeze - and only 2 of us eating!

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  • 24 June 2011

    BaronessBelle rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! :-)

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  • 01 July 2011

    Schnacks rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Super easy and a great result! We loved it served with crushed new potatoes and garlic-y mange tout. This one will make it in regular rotation in our house.

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  • 07 July 2011

    SabrinaC rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Used pear cider - delicious!! As I was making this for my family, I added 3 generous handfuls of baby spinach which I shredded and added 5 minutes before serving. Definitely making this again for friends....

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  • 22 July 2011

    icklepaddy rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really simple, but equally as delicious. I added baby spinach at the end too and froze half, but we could easily have eaten the lot!! Will definitely make again.

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  • 04 September 2011

    Rose rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this tonight, was delicious. Served with mash. Next time would add more cider and leave in oven for 2 hours so meat is even more tender. Will definitely make this again!

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  • 22 September 2011

    Jacg rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! Fancied something different for dinner and we don't often have pork. This recipe was so simple but tasted so good. We substituted the parsley with sage. The pork was so tender, will definitely make again!

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  • 01 October 2011

    Heidi rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I was pleasantly surprised with this. Made it in the slow cooker and worked a treat. Good midweek meal.

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  • 02 October 2011

    Clare rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious with some crusty bread. I added a couple of cloves of garlic and substituted 0% fat greek yogurt for the creme fraiche.

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  • 03 October 2011

    Dawn commented on this recipe

    I chopped up the meat raw and made this in a covered pan rather than the oven which worked beautifully. Also followed earlier suggestions and addded spinach and apple. Will definetly cook this again!

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  • 03 October 2011

    Dawn rated this recipe

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  • 16 October 2011

    lesley_77 commented on this recipe

    Absolutely delicious! and so easy to make. Doubled the quantities to feed 6 and not a scrap left. Served with mash and green veg. Only one change in that i added a little bit of flour when frying the onions to help thicken the sauce, worked a treat.

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  • 25 October 2011

    Warvik rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolute heaven! Served with potato and celeriac mash, honey roasted carrots and steamed broccoli. To make it slightly quicker I chopped the steaks up beforehand and reduced the cooking time by about 30 minutes. The cider had reduced and the meat was melt in the mouth! Will make again and again.

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  • 06 November 2011

    ingevdh rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great dish, the meat was lovely and tender. I used low-fat creme fraiche and served it with potato and swede mash. Didn't have any parsley but the sauce was great anyway. Yum! I might use a more cider next time, as I would have liked more sauce.

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  • 13 November 2011

    Dave commented on this recipe

    very nice! cut up the pork first, added mushrooms and a clove of garlic. Needed thickening at the end, but tasted very rich for very little effort.

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  • 16 November 2011

    Rebecca27 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Sooo tasty! added mushrooms and had it with mash and asparagus. Don't feel its for the calorie conscious though!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 45 mins

Freezable

Ingredients

  • 4 pork shoulder steaks, about 750g in total
  • oil
  • 1 large onion , halved and thinly sliced
  • 300ml cider
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 4 tbsp crème fraîche
  • 2 tsp Dijon mustard
  • small bunch parsley , chopped
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PER SERVING (without mash)

523 kcalories, protein 9.1g, carbohydrate 67.4g, fat 16.5 g, saturated fat 8.5g, fibre 0.4g, salt 0.46 g

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